Food for Dogs & Cats

Instead of bringing in a bag of food, please consider making a $10, $20 or $30 donation to our Full Bellies Food Fund. Our partnership with Hill's Food, Shelter & Love program and Oxbow allows us to purchase food for the shelter in bulk, which means every dollar goes further.

For Dogs

• Whipped Cream
• Easy Cheese (in a can)
• Peanut butter (creamy, no xylitol please)
• Hot dogs
• Nylabones - large and XL
• Benebones - large and XL
• Dog kennels (all sizes)
• Dog Treats
• Deer musk & rabbit musk (used for enrichment)
• Dog bubbles (used for enrichment)
• Wobble Wag Giggle Ball
• KONG Balls - large
• KONG Wobblers
• Boomer Balls — 6" or larger
• Tennis Balls 
• Chicken broth (low-sodium, for making pupsicles)
• Plastic containers with lids (yoghurt containers or similar) - for making pupsicles 
• Easy Walk Harnesses (XL)
• Easy Walk Harnesses (L)
• Easy Walk Harnesses (medium)
• Easy Walk Harnesses (small)
• Bath towels (full-size)
• Poop bags 
• Poop scoopers
• Shower curtains
• Curtain hooks 
• Adaptil
• Adaptil collars
• Stainless steel food/water bowls 
• Flat bedsheets ( no fitted sheets, please)

For Cats

• Cat Carriers 
• Canned Tuna 
• Baby Food 
• Churu lickable cat treats 
• Stainless steel litter pans, 6" deep (this is the exact item we need) 
• Stainless steel litter pans, full-size (this is the exact item we need)
• Cat scratchers (13-pack is best for our kennels)
• Feliway
• Feliway diffuser
• Large litterboxes for foster homes 
• Calming collars
• Glitter balls 
• Jingle balls and pingpong balls 
• Fuzzy mice 
• Cat litter urine test cups 
• Hairball remedy 
• Moist cat treats (no catnip, please) 
• Crunchy cat treats (no catnip please) 
• Cat Litter (non-clumping, unscented)
• Da Bird cat toy
• Da Bird cat toy refills 
• Plastic treat balls 
• Cat scales (this is the exact item we need)
• Water bowls
• Kitten Milk Replacer 
• Totes to make neonate kits for foster homes (this is the exact item we need)
• Heating blankets 
• Miracle Nipples
• Nursing bottles 
• Blankets (fabric or knitted - 18x18")

For Small Animals

• Timothy hay
• Rabbit litter
• Untreated wooden blocks for small animals
• Kaytee Perfect Chew toys for rabbits and small animals
• Small animal treats 
• Hanging toys for birds 
• Small wooden ladders for birds 
• Pumice or rope perches for birds
• Exercise wheels for small animals (small)
• Exercise wheels for small animals (large)
• Plastic treat balls
• Fruit (Bananas, blackberries, raspberries, watermelon, pumpkin)
• Vegetables (Romaine lettuce, celery, collard greens, arugula, bell peppers, broccoli, bok choy, cabbage, kale, watercress)
• Dandelion greens
• Parsley 

For Barn Animals

• Grass or alfalfa hay bales (small, good quality)
• Horse bedding (pine shavings; no cedar, please)
• Mineral blocks and salt blocks
• Horse feed (Amplify Supplement or Purina Enrich)
• Senior horse feed (Purina, Triple Crown or Nutrena)
• Pony halters 
• Horse halters, average to large size 
• Horse halters, miniature horse size 
• Rubber curry combs 
• Hoof picks 
• Mane/tail brushes 
• Body brushes
• All-flock food
• Pig food
• Pig food pans
• Horse spray-on fly protection 
• Horse roll-on fly protection
• Fly traps 
• Hay nets
• Weatherproof heavy-duty extension cords
• Sweet feed and alfalfa pellets (used for training)
• Cheerios (for pig treats)
• Black rubber horse feed pans
• Muck forks
• Muck buckets

Gift Cards and Other Supplies

• Pre-paid gasoline cards (for animal transport vehicles)
• Gift cards to pet supply stores, Hy-Vee, and Walmart
• Address labels
• 10x13 Mailing envelopes
• Carabiners
• Tag holders 
• Label-maker tape - white 
• Sticky notes/Post-it notes
• Pens 
• Dry Erase Markers 
• File folders 
• Hanging folders 
• Command strips 
• Paper - multicolor, cardstock for laser printer 
• Paper - white, letter or cardstock for laser printer 
• Exam gloves (large, XL or medium)
• Trash bags - 60 gallon or larger 
• Wild bird food 
• Newspapers
• Acrylic yarn or cotton yarn (no wool blends, chunky yarns or fun-fur yarn, please)
• Tape rolls
• Binder clips
• Scissors (this is the exact item we need)
• Screwdrivers
• Can openers
• Pill bottles

Des Moines

ARL Main
5452 NE 22nd Street (map)

Bomgaars
5049 NE 14th Street (map)

Franklin Plaza Family Dentistry P.C.
4944 Franklin Ave. Suite A  (map)

Connett Services 

101 E Sheridan Ave (map)

Paws & Pints 

6218 Willowmere Dr (map)

Clive

Berkshire Dental
2375 Berkshire Pkwy (map)

Zoom Room

13101 University Ave Suite 4 (map)

West Des Moines

ARL West
Inside Iowa Pet Foods & Seascapes
1500 22nd Street (map)

Animal Doctors
4800 Mills Civic Pkwy  (map)

Element Hotel 
575 South Prairie View Drive (map)

Ankeny 

Zoom Room 

1875 N Ankeny Blvd Suite 105 (map)

Denny Elwell Company

2401 SE Tones Dr #17 (map)

Waxing the City 

309 N Ankeny Blvd STW 102 (map)

Beyond the Metro

Sweet Oaks Bakery + Bistro

601 1st Ave, Collins, IA (map)